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½ Libra Peruana de Oro
| Issuer | Banco de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Value | ½ Libra Peruana de Oro |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper with green and red guilloche underprint; a classical female portrait vignette is centered within an ornate oval frame, flanked at left and right by the fraction numeral '½'. The issuer's title 'BANCO DE RESERVA DEL PERU' arches across the top in bold letterpress, with 'PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR' immediately below, and the lower margin carries the value legend 'MEDIA LIBRA PERUANA DE ORO', the date 'LIMA, 11 de Agosto de 1926', three signature lines for issuing officers, and the printer's imprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green intaglio on white paper, the reverse centres on a large oval vignette of three workers engaged in mining activity within a rocky, foliage-filled landscape. Elaborate rosette cornerpieces anchor each corner, with the fraction '½' repeated at all four sides, and the legend 'BANCO DE RESERVA DEL PERU' curving along the upper arc of the vignette frame; the lower margin carries 'MEDIA LIBRA PERUANA DE ORO' in bold letterpress with the printer's imprint below. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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